@historylvrsclub: 'Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005) ' pic.twitter.com/hCeBhc2gsZ, see more https://t.co/Rlx2gqorjT— Jake Gyllenhaal News (@TT_JGyllenhaal) August 7, 2018
Edited on 08 16 18:
Well, since "Jake Gyllenhaal News" twitter account has been suspended, this explains why the tweet is not showing in this post correctly. Let's go to the original, incorrect tweet then:
This above photo has made endless rounds on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr. Even upon first glance, anyone can tell that Jake's right shoulder looks abruptly cut off, but that doesn't stop the photo from being retweeted and reblogged. It wasn't until about a month or two ago that M&M and I happened to be on the phone and what looks to be the original photo was found. [not claiming to be the first to spot this, not by far. This was just the first time we ourselves had seen the original.]
Look at that - someone not only created a manip, but they also flipped the picture around. Even the photo above is a bit hinky looking. Is the gentleman behind Heath standing on a table? His head is almost touching the ceiling.
In the "original manip", someone has even added a "Polaroid" border to make the photo look vintage. In fact, the website Reddit even lists the picture as a "Polaroid".
Heath and Michelle at Spurs/Lakers, Mar 6, 2006
Jake and Kirsten Dunst at? Lakers/Spurs, May 15, 2003
So what's the point of this post? Well, besides, seeing some lovely photos of Heath and Jake together, eye candy if you will, the use of photoshopping with a closeted celebrity is often designed to discourage the fandom of that celebrity's significant other. In this case, it's the "just pair Jake with anyone else but Austin" syndrome.
Well, since "Jake Gyllenhaal News" twitter account has been suspended, this explains why the tweet is not showing in this post correctly. Let's go to the original, incorrect tweet then:
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005) pic.twitter.com/acyzpMu0GR— History Lovers Club (@historylvrsclub) August 6, 2018
Edited 11 08 23: Oh look, yet another suspended account in "History Lovers Club". * heavy sigh * Let's try a screenshot this time.
This above photo has made endless rounds on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr. Even upon first glance, anyone can tell that Jake's right shoulder looks abruptly cut off, but that doesn't stop the photo from being retweeted and reblogged. It wasn't until about a month or two ago that M&M and I happened to be on the phone and what looks to be the original photo was found. [not claiming to be the first to spot this, not by far. This was just the first time we ourselves had seen the original.]
Look at that - someone not only created a manip, but they also flipped the picture around. Even the photo above is a bit hinky looking. Is the gentleman behind Heath standing on a table? His head is almost touching the ceiling.
In the "original manip", someone has even added a "Polaroid" border to make the photo look vintage. In fact, the website Reddit even lists the picture as a "Polaroid".
Now, for the second extremely popular manip of Heath and Jake. This one has been around the horn even more times than the green striped sweater photo. Who hasn't seen these two pictures?
Wheweee, that second one is pretty hot, isn't it? As hot as the first one is so cute. ;-) Their chemistry was fierce and undeniable, even in a manip.
The above two photos were a combination of four different shots:
The above two photos were a combination of four different shots:
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Hmmmmm. Both men's photo ops taking place at Lakers games, where all the celebs go to be seen, particularly those who have "relationships" to promote. Yes, even Heath and Michelle, which should make one question why they should've had to do a photo op like this.
And now having observed the past patterns of both rather "low-key" individuals, it's worthy of a side-eye now to go back and look at the OTT physically demonstrative nature of Heath and Michelle's photos at this particular game.
After a posthumous period where Jake avoided speaking about Heath, the last several years have seen a 180 degree turn and now he can't speak enough. His new team fills his social media searches with an obsessive number of Heath mentions, lamentations and shipping.
These three manips are part of this resurgence. Instead of being relayed to fans as confessed manips however, they are portrayed as organic. There is a bountiful multitude of beautiful pictures of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal together. To manip and not label as a manip is misleading and needless.
After a posthumous period where Jake avoided speaking about Heath, the last several years have seen a 180 degree turn and now he can't speak enough. His new team fills his social media searches with an obsessive number of Heath mentions, lamentations and shipping.
These three manips are part of this resurgence. Instead of being relayed to fans as confessed manips however, they are portrayed as organic. There is a bountiful multitude of beautiful pictures of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal together. To manip and not label as a manip is misleading and needless.
And one of my favorites, which is a picture they didn't appear to be consciously posing for, but nonetheless was a beautiful capture.
Extra points are given if the shipping is with someone safe such as, in this instance, the late Heath Ledger.
If you access Jake's social media search, it quickly becomes apparent that Austin Nichols is noted merely by his complete absence.
Because even though Jake's longtime fans are aware that he and Austin have known each other for years and were often photographed together in the early days, one has to ask the question why no one on Twitter, or Instagram, or Facebook ever posts a photograph of them in the same frame. Not even re-postings of the infamous Lakers photos from February 2006 that everyone once drooled from the moment they first appeared. We can get manips like the Jake and Heath "Polaroid from the set of Brokeback Mountain" or pics "at a Lakers game", which we saw above, but we can't get the original, authentic ones.
One should ask, why is that?
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